Wally Tax
Wladimir "Wally" Tax (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋlaːdimir ʋɑli tɑks]; 14 February 1948 – 10 April 2005) was a Dutch singer and songwriter. He was founder and frontman of the Nederbeat group The Outsiders (1959–1969) and the rock group Tax Free (1969–1971).
After commercial and artistic success with The Outsiders in the late 1960s, he had a brief solo career in the 1970s, and then was a successful songwriter, producing a number of hit songs for Dutch artists. He faded into obscurity in the 1980s; after his death in 2005 two benefit concerts in Amsterdam proved his lasting popularity and influence.
Early life
Wladimir Tax was born on 14 February 1948 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His Dutch father and his Russian Romani mother had met in a concentration camp during World War II. He grew up in Amsterdam and learned English at an early age from contacts with American sailors, for whom he acted as a pimp.
Music career
The Outsiders
In 1959, at age 11, he was one of the founding members of the beat band The Outsiders. The band sang English lyrics, with Tax as the main songwriter; Tax sang and played guitar and harmonica. Even while playing with The Outsiders, Tax recorded a solo album (with a symphonic orchestra), Love-In.
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- Tax Tonight released: 1975
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Born: 1948-02-14
Died: 2005-04-10
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The Bleeding
by: AlodexSo what’s the reason that you’ve never seen this take
another look inside your faith
Have you ever stopped to listen to the single words
that give strength
Have you ever seen a heartbreak like this or even then
really cared
What a vision that we’ve never seen impossible to fake
this
So why
Why does it bleed when you’ve taken all these words
around me
Now we cant repent this
So how
How can it be that the love inside that’s been created
is not enough to face this day
Now your blinded by the ones that tell you I can never
really be in place
We examined all the visions that can finally erase me
But you never stopped to ask just why you Couldn’t toss
away your foolish pride
Now we sit here with our empty souls just trying to
rebuild this
So why
Why does it bleed when you’ve taken all these words
around me
Now we can’t repent this
So how
How can it be that the love inside that’s been created
is not enough to face this day
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